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IBANYANA Banyana izotholana ne-Ivory Coast kusasa emdlalweni okufanele ukhiphe iqembu lesithathu elizomela i-Afrika kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngonyaka ozayo.
Umdlalo useSam Nujoma Stadium, eWindhoek, eNamibia, ngo-5 ntambama.
INigeria neCameroon abazodlala owamanqamu e-African Women’s Championship (AWC) sebezibekisele indawo kwiNdebe yoMhlaba eseCanada.
Elakuleli lihlulwe yiNigeria ngo 2-1 kuma-semi final e-AWC iCameroon yashaya i-Ivory Coast ngomphumela ofanayo otholakale esikhathini esengeziwe ngemuva kokuthi umdlalo uphele ngo 1-1 emizuzwini engu-90.
IBanyana izohlangana ne-Ivory Coast nje isanda kuyihlula ngo 2-1 emdlalweni wobungani owawukuleli izilungiselela i-AWC.
Emdlalweni weNigeria umqeqeshi weBanyana uVera Pauw (osesithombeni) wenze ushintsho eqalisa uThoko Mndaweni emapalini eshiya uRoxanne Baxter okhombise ubuthuntu emidlalweni yamaqoqo.
Kumsebenzelile lokho ngoba yize begcine bedliwe kodwa uMndaweni usebenzile evimba amabhola anzima abethunyelwa abadlali beNigeria.
Nokho kubonakala sengathi lo mqeqeshi kuzodingeka aphinde enze izinguquko emdlalweni we-Ivory Coast ukuzama ukuqinisa isikwati sakhe.
USimphiwe Dludlu ubeyikhongco elibuthaka odongeni lweBanyana uhlangothi lwakhe ngakwesokudla luwumgwaqo amaSuper Falcons abengena ngawo. NoNoko Matlou osedlala emuva ukhombise ubuthaka ethwala kanzima uma ebhekene nezitha.
Abathandi beBanyana abebephawula ekhasini layo ku-Facebook ngemuva komdlalo baphinde bakhala ngomgadli uShiwe Nogwanya.
Inkinga yakhe enkulu kubonakala kuwukulawula ibhola ebelingahlali neze ezinyaweni uma lifike kuyena.
UKatlego Karisma Pilay uthe: “UDludlu, (Refiloe) Jane noNogwanya bekumele baphume kungene uLebohang (Mabatle), (Sana) Mollo no(Mamelo) Makhabane.”
UMakwarela Lufuno Zakhe uthe umqeqeshi kumele adlalele ukunqoba ku-Ivory Coast, ashiye uMatlou, Dludlu noNogwanya ngaphandle. Ngaphandle kukaMatlou, abadlali okukhalwa ngabo uPauw akazange abaqalise ngesikhathi iBanyana ibhudluza i-Algeria ngo 5-1 emdlalweni wokugcina wamaqoqo.